we don't know how to power them yet :) we are probably going to use the trafo we got out of the old displays.needs drehstrom outputs 140 AMP 12V weights 40kg+
actually we might use a lot of ATX powersupplies

There is a mailinglist for the blinkofant project see: blinkofant@lists.metalab.at

Pinout

POUT EQU CENTRO ;the leftmost module will be connected to the POUT-port

ATTENTION! The bit positions must not be changed!

8V, 5V, 12V, GND are not equipped with pins

pin #

function

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1

data/clock ? comes back out here (Rückleitung Schieberegister)

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2

data/clock ? comes back out here (Rückleitung Schieberegister)

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3

DatLoad EQU 0 ;data bit for loading data and control data

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4

ClkRing EQU 1 ;clock for shift left the whole line

CLOCK !!

5

ClkLoad EQU 2 ;clock for shift left & loading all selected modules

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6

ClkBlink EQU 3 ;clock for blinking (0...off, 1...on)

clock for blinking of selected rows

7

ClkSteu EQU 4 ;clock for shift left & load control data from DatLoad

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8

DatRing EQU 5 ;data bit for loading data during ClkRing

DATA !!

9

Reset EQU 6 ;clear all control data

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10

OnOff EQU 7 ;turn on/off the whole display (0...off, 1...on)

turns off ALL the LEDs when pulled to ground

On the last Panel of a row the following pins need to be connected on the output side: